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Lead Levels
Maybe you could look into hiring a lead abatement company to test your home, or even get some home test kits (they are supposed to be available at hardware ...
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- I have no lead expertise, but that would bother me too. Maybe you could look into hiring a lead abatement company to test your home, or even get some home test kits (t...
- I'd check his toys for recalls - a lot of the recent crop of toys were recalled for lead. Also if you live in an older apartment you should get the paint checked. Be...
- I had my children tested for lead too. I live in Forest Park. 2 of them had levels of 8 & 9. When I spoke to their pediatrician, she said that those levels a little...
Non Smoker Having Problems with Secondhand Smoke in Home
Every year the laws raise the bar for lead abatement. So, even if he did lead abatement a few years ago, he probably wouldn't pass the current standards. ...
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- Hi Casondra, I am sorry to hear you are having such a hard time... CHildren being sick is never fun. I know as a child, I suffered from a lot of ear, nose and throat...
- Well i can totaly understand what you are going through. I also just moved out the house we lived in due to balck toxic mold. We lived there for 2 years and I my self ...
- Calling the landlord is a good starting point. I have been a landlord in the past and required all my tenants to sign a non-smoking lease. If your landlord is non-r...
Custody
Also be aware that when his dad has him half the summer or for 6 cosectutive nights he can put in for a child support abatement. That means if he has him ...
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- That is absolutely ridiculous. I would suggest that you look over your FOC stuff and find the page where it tell you what the child support is for in the first place....
- First I want to say it is good he want visitation with your son! A father is something all kids need in their lives. I would tell him no. 266 a month is to support the...
- Absolutely NOT. He is paying YOU support while YOU have the child. It's HIS responsbility to provide for the child when HE has the child. I swear, some men are ju...
Having Backyard Party, Need Advice for Mosquito Control.
... but have never tried. our neighborhood out here in sugar grove contracts with clarke mosquito abatement and have our yards sprayed. that is something ...
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- hi lisa- i have heard that the fabric softner sheets really work too! but i usually get my kids bug bands every year and really like them. and just recently when i ...
- Call your village or city and see if they can spray the empty lot next to you. I noticed the other morning (4:45 AM!) and again the other evening that there was a vill...
- boil up some cloves of garlic and shallots and attach a sprayer to your hose and it works like a charm. Do it the night before, and there are no chemicals. I love it!
Painting with Popcorn Ceilings
If you do have asbestos they say it is often better to leave it alone or you have to do proper abatement which is very expensive. Happy painting. Helpful? ...
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- No you do not have to paint the ceilings. You can just take your paint brush and make a line at the top of the wall. If you want to paint the ceilings you need to buy...
- Hi, My husband and I own a painting company in Superior, so you can consider this "professional" advice :) The way we make clean lines with popcorn ceilings is to ...
- I sympethize with your delima... we had the same problem when we bought our house... We ended up scraping the popcorn stuff off the ceiling. It looks MUCH better but i...
Getting Musty Smell Out of Books
Nov 3, 2009 ... That's why libraries try not to keep water damaged books (unless rare or expensive enough to justify the cost of mold abatement). ...
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- Hey L.! I haven't had to try this yet, but two tricks I've heard of are dryer sheets, or plain old newspaper. Layer it through some pages and let it sit awhile. H...
- Open them up so air can circulate through the pages and put a bowl of vinegar in front of the books with a fan on low speed blowing the vinegar fumes over the books. D...
- First off you need to determine if it is just musty smell or if there are mold spores. Mold spores can lie dormant in a book for a very long time. It is very expensi...
How to Tackle the "Monster"?
Develop a monster abatement program. Have your husband or yourself select a special, magical monster control, make it as colorful or interesting as your ...
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- We created a "monster spray" of water plus something that smelled good so she could spray around her room...and it still smelled good for us...
- I always told my daughter that I'm the boss of my house and I don't allow monsters in my house. I also got her dreamcatchers and read her the stories about them, as w...
- Dear C., There are some really great books out there such as "The Monster Under The Bed" and "Where The Wild Things Go" etc. These helped tremendously with my oldes...
18 Month Old Son Just Diagnosed with Lead Poisioning "Exposure"
Sammy's levels dropped to 5 after only one month post our abatement. As I stated before, your local health department will (SHOULD) have you all the ...
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- There also can be high levels of lead in cheap metals. If your child is playing with (ie sucking or chewing on) cheap necklaces, old metal toys, watches, etc... he co...
- T., I am sorry to hear you are going through this. The first thing I will tell you is that it WILL be okay! My daughter was also diagnosed with lead exposure at ...
- You need to start your baby on a low low low fat diet. The lead gets stored in the fat in your body, so you want him eating lots of fruits and veggies and things that...
Lead Screening
After looking into a professional lead screening and possible abatement it looked extremely costly and also dangerous with putting all this lead dust in the ...
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- I talked to my naturopathic doctor about lead testing, because I wanted to test Conner for heavy metals and figured this would be a good thing to do to. I am so paran...
- N., My son was also tested via blood draw for lead. The docotr just told me he was negative adn that there was nothing to worry about. Later I got actual copies for t...
- Hi N., I had my son tested for lead because my partner works in home remodeling and often works with lead-based products. I was concerned that he might be bringing l...
Roof Rats-Please Help!
An honest company would go in, inspect and give a TOTAL amount for abatement. That's how it's done for all pests or problems: pigeons, ants, mold, etc. ...
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- My husband used poison for years to control the rats before I moved in. I tried it and thought it was stupid. I went out and got some wild kitties and tamed them. Ther...
- Ok, how hard is it to buy your own traps or put some rat pellet poison down, the rat germs are not going to spread to your house, a little lysol is good but your obses...
- Yes, get a cat. Or 2 even. Also, it would help if your surrounding neighbors are ALSO getting rid of their rats too. Otherwise, it will be a continual problem. ...
